Finance/Taxes

The OFCCP said it has been unable to secure a fair resolution from Cargill to pay back wages and interest to the rejected job applicants and to extend job offers to at least 167of the affected workers.

How do we effectively measure the value that our human capital contributes toward bottom-line results? Other than turnover, absence rates, etc., are there more meaningful metrics that shed light on the direct dollar effect that our employees have?
—No Line of Sight, general manager of human resources, automotive, Karachi, Pakistan

Nearly 96 percent of participants enrolled in target-date funds in 2007 were still using them in 2009. And because more target-date fund products are in the marketplace, expenses are dropping. Despite their popularity and lower prices, target-date funds have their critics.